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== Athletics ==
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Long Island University's athletic teams are known as the [[LIU Sharks]]. They compete in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] at the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] level, the highest level of collegiate athletics. Prior to 2019, the university's athletic programs competed at the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level. The programs are governed by the NCAA, the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]] (ECAC), the [[East Coast Conference]] (ECC), and the [[Northeast-10 Conference]] (NE-10). Prior to 2019, the two LIU campuses had two athletics teams, C.W. Post had the [[LIU Post Pioneers]], and competed in Division II. The [[Long Island University|LIU campus]] in [[Brooklyn]] competed at the [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] level as the [[LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds|Blackbirds]].

In July 2019, the two campuses merged their two athletics teams into a single unit competing in Division I, and assumed the name LIU Sharks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/college/liu-post-liu-brooklyn-1.21416636 |title=LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs |publisher=Newsday.|date=October 3, 2018 |access-date=18 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://athletics.liu.edu/ |title=#OneLIU website |publisher=Long Island University |access-date=18 May 2019 |archive-date=21 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821135943/http://athletics.liu.edu/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In addition to its NCAA-sanctioned athletic programs, students may participate in various sports, including basketball, racquetball, swimming, and volleyball, for leisure at the Pratt Recreation Center. There is a fitness center for aerobic and cardiovascular workouts on the campus. The athletic fields and courts are used for recreational baseball, football, soccer, softball, and tennis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/pratt/|title=Long Island University Fields|website=liu.edu|access-date=14 August 2018}}</ref>